Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Volunteering has been acknowledged as part of the wider health policy, with the NHS five-year plan identifying a need to encourage community volunteering. It also has an important role to play in tackling social exclusion, through projects such as lunch clubs for older people, assisted gardening schemes, or young play leaders.
Volunteering can help to provide people with ways out of poverty, by giving them new skills, confidence and aid social integration. This is of particular value to those who are most excluded from the labour market, such as recent migrants or people with disabilities. But while the benefits of volunteering are clear, there is worrying evidence that the people who could benefit most from giving their time are precisely those least likely to be involved.
There are many reasons for people not to volunteer. For older people, the barriers can include poor health, poverty, lack of skills, poor transport links, or having caring responsibilities, such as looking after grandchildren. Younger people can be deterred by feeling they don't have the time to volunteer, or not knowing anyone else who volunteers. Many of them also think volunteering is just for older people with time on their hands. Volunteering has an image problem – particularly with men and younger people.
More should be done to promote the value of volunteering to the particular needs of different groups. There is evidence on why people choose to volunteer, and we need to make better use of that information. For instance, a recent survey showed that 95% of young people, aged 13-24, hoped to develop new skills through volunteering, compared to just 32% of volunteers aged over 55. Almost three quarters of young people were keen to gain qualifications through volunteering compared to just 13% of those over 55. Over three quarters of disabled volunteers were keen to develop new skills and nearly two thirds hoped to improve their health and wellbeing through volunteering.
(Adapted from https://www.theguardian.com)
What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Why are not many people interested in being a volunteer?
B. Who gets more benefits from volunteer work?
C. What are volunteer activities?
D. How many people take part in volunteer work?
Volunteering has been acknowledged as part of the wider health policy, with the NHS five-year plan identifying a need to encourage community volunteering. It also has an important role to play in tackling social exclusion, through projects such as lunch clubs for older people, assisted gardening schemes, or young play leaders.
Volunteering can help to provide people with ways out of poverty, by giving them new skills, confidence and aid social integration. This is of particular value to those who are most excluded from the labour market, such as recent migrants or people with disabilities. But while the benefits of volunteering are clear, there is worrying evidence that the people who could benefit most from giving their time are precisely those least likely to be involved.
There are many reasons for people not to volunteer. For older people, the barriers can include poor health, poverty, lack of skills, poor transport links, or having caring responsibilities, such as looking after grandchildren. Younger people can be deterred by feeling they don't have the time to volunteer, or not knowing anyone else who volunteers. Many of them also think volunteering is just for older people with time on their hands. Volunteering has an image problem – particularly with men and younger people.
More should be done to promote the value of volunteering to the particular needs of different groups. There is evidence on why people choose to volunteer, and we need to make better use of that information. For instance, a recent survey showed that 95% of young people, aged 13-24, hoped to develop new skills through volunteering, compared to just 32% of volunteers aged over 55. Almost three quarters of young people were keen to gain qualifications through volunteering compared to just 13% of those over 55. Over three quarters of disabled volunteers were keen to develop new skills and nearly two thirds hoped to improve their health and wellbeing through volunteering.
(Adapted from https://www.theguardian.com)
What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Why are not many people interested in being a volunteer?
B. Who gets more benefits from volunteer work?
C. What are volunteer activities?
D. How many people take part in volunteer work?
Câu nào trong các câu sau là ý chính của đoạn văn?
A. Tại sao không có nhiều người hứng thú với việc trở thành một tình nguyện viên?
B. Ai nhận được nhiều lợi ích hơn từ các công việc tình nguyện?
C. Các hoạt động tình nguyện là gì?
D. Có bao nhiêu người tham gia vào hoạt động tình nguyện?
Căn cứ vào thông tin đoạn 2, 3:
But while the benefits of volunteering are clear, there is worrying evidence that the people who could benefit most from giving their time are precisely those least likely to be involved. (Tuy nhiên, cho dù lợi ích của hoạt động tình nguyện rất rõ ràng, có một bằng chứng rất đáng lo ngại là những người có thể nhận được nhiều lợi ích nhất từ việc cống hiến thời gian chính xác lại là những người ít có tham gia vào các hoạt động tình nguyện nhất).
There are many reasons for people not to volunteer. (Có rất nhiều nguyên nhân vì sao mọi người không làm tình nguyện).
A. Tại sao không có nhiều người hứng thú với việc trở thành một tình nguyện viên?
B. Ai nhận được nhiều lợi ích hơn từ các công việc tình nguyện?
C. Các hoạt động tình nguyện là gì?
D. Có bao nhiêu người tham gia vào hoạt động tình nguyện?
Căn cứ vào thông tin đoạn 2, 3:
But while the benefits of volunteering are clear, there is worrying evidence that the people who could benefit most from giving their time are precisely those least likely to be involved. (Tuy nhiên, cho dù lợi ích của hoạt động tình nguyện rất rõ ràng, có một bằng chứng rất đáng lo ngại là những người có thể nhận được nhiều lợi ích nhất từ việc cống hiến thời gian chính xác lại là những người ít có tham gia vào các hoạt động tình nguyện nhất).
There are many reasons for people not to volunteer. (Có rất nhiều nguyên nhân vì sao mọi người không làm tình nguyện).
Đáp án A.